Legal Opinion

John L. Horton v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 13, 2004No. 02-2147PublishedCited by 119 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, John L. Horton, alleges that his former employer, the U.S. Postal Service, discriminated against him in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-796 (1999), by failing to accommodate his mental disability. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Postmaster General on the ground that the plaintiff failed to timely invoke his administrative remedies. We AFFIRM.

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Horton, a disabled Vietnam veteran, worked as a United States Postal Service employee from 1980 to November 1992. On November 14, 1991, while Horton was…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  4. Brown v. General Services AdministrationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by119 opinions

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